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		<title>Immigration Assistance-Work visa issues-Another happy client</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 8/17/2010, Daniel wrote: 
&#8221; I really appreciate the work that you have done.  For some time now, Nida had some lingering questions tucked away and you seemed to cover every single one.  She feels more confident about her situation.&#8221;
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		<link>http://avalontranslation.com/?p=1171</link>
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		<title>Drug labels-Good translation, or just good enough?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article from the FoxNews website perfectly illustrates the problems still facing the machine translation industry. While software may seem an acceptable alternative, particularly from a cost perspective, the simple fact is software / computer translation is still woefully inadequate for an accurate result. As the study bore out, serious errors can result of these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://avalontranslation.com/?p=1063</link>
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		<title>Haitian Program to Close on April 14, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From USCIS, 4/7/2010:

Special Humanitarian Parole Program for Haitian Orphans Draws to a Close at Request of Haitian Government
USCIS Update
WASHINGTON – The Haiti government has requested that the United States provide them with a final list of orphans being considered under the Special Humanitarian Parole Program for Haitian Orphans.  As a result, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://avalontranslation.com/?p=1059</link>
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		<title>Special Humanitarian Parole Program for Haitian Orphans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From USCIS, 4/7/2010:
Introduction  
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will stop accepting new requests for parole under the Special Humanitarian Parole Program for Haitian Orphans effective April 13, 2010, because the Haitian government has requested that the United States bring the program to a close.  While USCIS believes that the vast majority of requests for special [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://avalontranslation.com/?p=1056</link>
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		<title>USCIS to Accept H-1B Petitions for 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From USCIS, 3/8/2010:

USCIS to Accept H-1B Petitions for Fiscal Year 2011 Beginning April 1, 2010
 
WASHINGTON &#8211; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2011 cap on April 1, 2010.  Cases will be considered accepted on the date that USCIS takes possession [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://avalontranslation.com/?p=1051</link>
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		<title>Humanitarian Parole-Fact Sheet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From USCIS, 3/16/2010:

Humanitarian Parole
Fact Sheet
Introduction  
Humanitarian parole enables an otherwise inadmissible individual to enter the United States temporarily due to urgent humanitarian reasons. Parole is not intended to be used to avoid regular visa-issuing procedures or to bypass immigration procedures. Parole does not confer any permanent immigration status, but does enable a recipient to apply for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://avalontranslation.com/?p=1049</link>
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		<title>USCIS orphan adoptions to be processed in Missouri</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From USCIS 3/16/2010:

USCIS Centralizes Processing of Orphan Adoptions Change will Streamline Processing
WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that on April 1, 2010, it is centralizing processing and adjudication of all new orphan (Non-Hague) petitions with the agency’s specialized adoptions team in Missouri.  
Prospective adoptive parents will continue to file their Petition to Classify Orphan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://avalontranslation.com/?p=1046</link>
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		<title>I-131 filing location changed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Avoid delays; file this one correctly-the first time!
From USCIS, 3/22/2010:

Change of Filing Location for Form I-131, Application for Travel Document
WASHINGTON &#8211; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced revised filing instructions and addresses for applicants filing an Application for Travel Document (Form I-131).  The change of filing location is part of an overall effort [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://avalontranslation.com/?p=1043</link>
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		<title>USCIS Naturalization ceremonies-Always moving and uplifting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have attended several of these ceremonies and I say without hesitation it is quite an experience. From the recital of the countries from which the new American citizens originally hailed, to the pledge of allegiance-all of it. Every American should do this at least once. They have, and it makes me appreciate all the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://avalontranslation.com/?p=1036</link>
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		<title>USCIS Announces Revised Forms I-600 and I-600A</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From USCIS, 4/1/2010:

USCIS Announces Revised Forms I-600 and I-600A
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that it has published new versions of the Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative, Form I-600 and the Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition, Form I-600A .  The new date on the bottom of both forms [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://avalontranslation.com/?p=1033</link>
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